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  • A mother captures the moment when a photographer takes a picture of her daughter after she has gone through the shichi-go-san ceremony at the Heian Jingu shrine, in Kyoto, Japan. During shichi-go-san, literally seven-five-three, parents dress their daughters aged three and seven and sons aged five in traditional costume and take them to a Shinto shrine to be blessed.
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  • Angelina Dimiter Taikkon, Swedish Kalderash Roma
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  • A procession during the cricumcision ceremony for three brothers in the Roma ghetto of Stolipinovo in Plovdiv, Bularia. The center of attention is the mother of the boys who is dressed in white. The family is Muslim and Turkish-speaking.
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  • Newly circumcised, a nine-year-old boy who lives in a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey, proudly poses in his sultan outfit, which is the customary attire at circumcision. He stands beside his bed which his parents have worked hard to make fit for a sultan.
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  • Young Ait Haddidou woman at the Imilchil Brides' Fair, the High Atlas, Morocco. The fair, or moussem, which is held by the local Berber tribe, is an annual event consisting of trading goods, praying at a marabout, the grave of a local saint, and searching for a suitable marriage partner. The way in which the woman wears her headdress tells that she is or has been married before.  Divorce is common in the area. Her clothing, e g the striped, woollen cloak, is typical of the Hait Haddidou women.
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  • A family calls down the spirit of a dead family member with the help of incense at Todos Santos or All Saints Day in Oruro, Bolivia. An altar has been built at home, and it is the father of the dead man who kneels with the incense in front of it. Beside him kneels the widow, and to the right stands the mother. In the Altiplano of Bolivia, it is customary that a family, in which there has been a death within the last three years, build a shrine at home at Todos Santos, decorating it with religious symbols as well as a picture of the deceased and food and drink that he or she liked, and then call down the spirit for a three day visit. During the spirit’s visit, the family and friends chew coca leaves, drink alcohol and eat food together.
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  • In order to give him a painkilling jab, a circumciser opens the trousers of a boy who is about to be circumcised at Kemal Özkan's Circumcision Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. Next to them a clown acts in a funny way to make the boy relax. As custom dictates, the boy is dressed up as a small sultan or prince.
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  • Domino Kai, Finnish Kaale Roma living in Sweden
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  • Boys about to be circumcised at Kemal Özkan's Circumcision Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, play games together. This is one of the many activities used to make the boys relax before the actual circumcision takes place. As custom dictates, the boys are dressed up as small sultans or princes.
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  • Kemal Özkan, Turkey' s most famous circumciser, greets boys about to be circumcised at his Circumcision Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, During summertime, which is the circumcision season, groups of boys, usually aged five to ten, are circumcised every day at this establishment. As local custom dictates, the boys are dressed up as small sultans or princes.
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  • A three-and-a-half-year-old boy waits to be circumcised at his home in Istanbul, Turkey. He is younger than the usual circumcision age because his parents want him to undergo the ritual together with his older brother.  Custom dictates that boys are dressed up as small sultans or princes at their circumcision, and the cloaks and hats and sceptres of the two boys are scattered on the sofa on which the boy is sitting. The boy will be circumcised by a licensed circumciser.
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  • A boy is circumcised at Kemal Özkan's Circumcision Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. His family have gathered behind him in support. The father holds a reassuring hand on his shoulder while the mother watches the procedure with discomfort.
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  • A Sami woman in traditional clothes waits for the officials controlling the Easter reindeer races in Kautokeino, northern Norway, to release the racing bull that will pull her sleigh around the track.
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  • The remains of a boy's foreskin are stitched after his circumcision at Kemal Özkan's Circumcision Palace in Istanbul, Turkey. As custom dictates, the boy is dressed up as a small sultan or prince.
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  • Boys about to be circumcised at Kemal Özkan's Circumcision Palace in Istanbul, Turkey, dance together with a clown. This is one of the many fun activities used to make the boys relax before the actual circumcision takes place. As custom dictates, the boys are dressed up as small sultans or princes.
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  • From a lookout point next to Pierre Lofti Cafe in Istanbul, Turkey, a boy who will soon be circumcised looks out over the Golden Horn. As custom dictates, the boy is dressed up as a small sultan or prince. A relative stands beside him, holding his sceptre. During the days leading up to the circumcision, it is customary that boys about to be circumcised  are taken on a tour of some of the famous mosques and landmarks of the city.
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  • Sprinkled with rose petals, an infant lies on a mattress after being jumped over by El Colacho, the devil incarnate, during the Fiesta del Colacho, in Castrillo de Murcia, Burgos province, Spain. The Fiesta del Colacho is held every year at the time of the Catholic feast Corpus Christi, and the jumping over children born during the year is intended to protect them from illness and misfortune.
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  • A young boy and his  parents get ready to pose for the camera in a photographer's studio before going to a Shinto shrine for the boy's shichi-go-san ritual in Tokyo, Japan. During shichi-go-san, literally seven-five-three, parents dress their daughters aged three and seven and sons aged five in traditional costume and take them to a Shinto shrine to be blessed.
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  • An Apache girl is painted white with sacred clay and corn meal during her Sunrise Dance, a first menstruation rite, on the San Carlos Apache Reservation, Arizona, USA. She is painted by a Mountain Spirit (Gaan) or Crown Dancer, and the staff in her hand symbolises longevity. Other Crown Dancers dance around her, and beside her dances her godfather. The painting of the girl is both a blessing and an enactment of certain parts of the Apache creation myth. During the rites the girl becomes Changing Woman, a mythical female figure, and comes into possession of her healing powers. The rites are supposed to prepare the girl for adulthood and to give her a long and healthy life without material wants.
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  • At the henna party of a newly circumcised boy who lives in a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey, the boy dances with a red cloth bearing the emblem of the Turkish flag draped over his shoulders. Female family members and friends clap their hands while he dances.
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  • A newly circumcised boy poses for a portrait on his ceremonial bed in his home in Istanbul, Turkey. As local custom dictates, he is dressed up as a small sultan or prince and holds a sceptre in his hand.
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  • Details of the customary sultan outfit of a newly circumcised boy who lives in Istanbul, Turkey, includes bow-tie, sceptre and an embroidered cape adorned with a couple of gold conns to ward off the evil eye.
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  • An Apache girl is painted white with sacred clay and corn meal during her Sunrise Dance, a first menstruation rite, on the San Carlos Apache Reservation, Arizona, USA. She is painted by a Mountain Spirit (Gaan) or Crown Dancer, and the staff in her hand symbolises longevity. Other Crown Dancers dance around her, and beside her dances her godfather. The painting of the girl is both a blessing and an enactment of certain parts of the Apache creation myth. During the rites the girl becomes Changing Woman, a mythical female figure, and comes into possession of her healing powers. The rites are supposed to prepare the girl for adulthood and to give her a long and healthy life without material wants.
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